Helicopter UH-1D 66-00847


Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D tail number 66-00847
Date: 11/08/1967
Incident number: 67110808.KIA
Unit: 190 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was LOSS TO INVENTORY
for Air/land Assault , Hot Area.
While on Landing Zone this helicopter was on the Ground at 0000 feet and 000 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 3 hits from:
The helicopter was hit in the Equipment Section
Systems damaged were: ENGINE, TRANSMISSION, PERSONNEL
Casualties = 01 KIA, 03 INJ . .
Aircraft Destroyed.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
Natural hazard damage
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: OPERA, UH1P2, 74036 (Operations Report. )
Loss to Inventory

Crew Members:
CE SGT WHITNEY WILLIAM ARTHUR KIA


War Story:
The USMC CH-46 were having maintenance problems and were grounded so elements of the 190th Assault Helicopter Company were assigned to the Marines for SOG support. A Special Forces team with two Americans and some Mungs were inserted into Laos by the 190 AHC. The team got attacked and requested an emergency extraction. William Zanow was aircraft commander of 66-00847 and Ira Taylor was aircraft commander of 66-00848. Zanow's Huey was shot down by an RPG and rolled down a hill. The crew chief, William Whitney was killed and the other three crew members injured. A King Bee UH-34 attempted a rescue and was shot down. The crew E&E until the next morning. Air Force HH-3E 66-13279 was called in to rescue the Special Forces team and it was shot down, crashed and burned after picking up two members of the team. The next morning, Taylor from the 190 AHC protected by Gladiator gun ships inserted a recovery force which found the three surviving Huey crew members and the ARVN crew form the UH-34. The ARVN crew had run away from the pursuing VC all night and discovered at first light that they had made a complete circle and were back at the crash site. The rescue team found the HH-3 and noted that all of the human remains were badly burned. According to Taylor, the rescue team collected all of the heads and put them on his helicopter. One of the Air Force pilots, CPT Young, survived the crash and was rescued.

This record was last updated on 01/04/2006


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